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N.Faso,○.F.M.  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2018 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \n# LET THEMGO FREE\n\nA Guide to Withdrawing Life Support  \nThomas A.ShannonCharles N.Faso,O.FM.  \nGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESSWashington,D.C.  \nAs of January 1,2007,13-digit ISBN numbers have replaced the  \n10-digit system.  \n13-digit Paperback:978-1-58901-140-3  \n10-digit Paperback:1-58901-140-6  \nScripture passages are quoted from The New American Bible(New York:P.J.Kennedy &Sons,1970).  \nGeorgetown University Press,Washington,D.C.  \n2007 by Georgetown University Press.All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form orby any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying andrecording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nShannon,Thomas A.(Thomas Anthony),1940-  \nLet them go free:a guide to withdrawing life support/Thomas A.Shannon and Charles N.Faso.  \np.cm.  \nISBN 1-58901-140-6(pbk.:alk.paper)  \n1.Life-support systems(Critical care)2.Medical ethics.  \n3.Euthanasia.I.Faso,Charles N.I.Title.[DNLM:1.DecisionMaking.2.Euthanasia,Passive.3.Catholicism.4.Family.  \n5.Life Support Care.6.Pastoral Care.7.WithholdingTreatment.WB60 S528L2007]  \nRC86.7S532007179.7—dc222006021490  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements ofthe American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for PrintedLibrary Materials.  \n141312111009080798765432First printing  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nThis book is dedicated to the  \nJohn E.and Clara J.ShannonandJoseph C.and Isabel L.Faso  \nContents  \nC  \nIntroduction  \n1  \nWhat Should You Do?  \n7  \nConclusion  \n33  \nThe Family Prayer Service35  \nReadings  \n45  \nTntroduction  \nn our world we have decisions,options,and choices2that previous generations simply could not imag-ine.As a result,we may feel that we have notraditions or precedents on which we can rely to re-solve these new situations,and so we have to find ourown way.  \nThe process of dying is surely one of those situa-tions of our time that presents difficulties for us.In atime when life was harder but less complex,peopledid not have the choices we have and did not have todo what we often need to do when someone close tous is dying.In earlier days people did not live as longas we do now;to reach thirty or forty years was con-sidered to be a ripe old age.The causes of this weremany:lack of sanitation,epidemics that had no curesor effective containment,poor diets,poverty,and a lack  \n1  \nof understanding of the causes of many diseases.Tra-ditional healers provided a context of care and supportbut there were few remedies.It was not until it was dis-covered that germs cause disease and the developmentof vaccines to respond to them,together with dramaticimprovements in sanitary and dietary habits,that thefirst inroads against disease were made.Progressagainst the major destroyers of human life at an earlyage was finally identified and managed.  \nIronically,we are now suffering from our successes.As a result of enjoying healthier and more varied diets,improved sanitation,a vastly raised quality of life,andthe daily advances of modern medicine,humans havea longer life span.But with these advances come newdiseases that are proving difficult to cure and thatcause gradual debilitation of the individual.The fieldsof medicine and engineering have combined to provideus with tremendous resources to respond to traumaand organ failure,compensate for the body's functionsduring massive surgery,and assist in recovery and re-habilitation.But frequently these marvelous technolo-gies bring burdens as well as benefits.They can support,they can compensate,they can even replace bodily andorgan functions,but they cannot cure a diseased or failedorgan or 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